Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor
Description: Examines textual communities and interpretative virtuosi in dif- ferent religious cultures. Explores the means by which religious scripture is composed, transmitted, translat- ed, illuminated, performed, and preserved in Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. Introduces students to the methodologies and approaches of textual anthropology, intertextuality, homiletics, liturgical studies, performance theory, and philology.
Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.